Combined abdominal support and truss.



L. H. TBMME. GOMBINED ABDOMINAL sUnPoRT AND muss. APPLIUATION FILED 11111.22, 1908.

Patented pr. 13, '1909.

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UNITED LOUIS I'I. TEMME, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COMBINED ABDOMINAL SUPPORT AND TRUSS.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS II. TEMME, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county oi' Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Abdominal Su port and Truss, and do declare that the fol owing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Wy invention relates to an abdominal suport, all as shown and described and particuarly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the support, and Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3 3, Fig. 1, and has a curved dotted line fev-.t to show the ilexibility of the support.

As thus shown the support is represented by A and is defined as having the shape substantially of an apron with greater width between its side edges 2 than depth between its curved or convex top edge 3 and its lower narrowed concave edge Ll. The said support can be made of a suitable grade of soft flexible leather in one or more thicknesses, two being shown in this instance, or of any other material that will serve the purpose, a requisite of the material being that it should stand u 3 and maintain its shape in position on the body under all conditions of service and not break down or get wrinkled or double over by reason of moisture through perspiration or stooping or bending of the person. Otherwise the support should be flexible and comfortably adaptable to the person, and is designed to overlay the lower abdominal region from side to side and to be worn low enough on the body to come into supporting relations more or less all around in respect to rupture pad B. That is to say, I have found it desirable to have a stop or limit to the inward pressure of said pad, and that having a pad of the desired depth and size, it ought to be so supported that it can penetrate a certain limited distance and no further. Hence I have set the pad inwardI from the edge of the apron far enough to get a uniform side bearing about the same which Specification of Letters Patent.

App1ication filed January 22, 1908.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Serial No. 412,064.

holds the pad to a definite working relation beyond which it cannot penetrate. The said support being of two thicknesses of leather has a binding l) of leather aboutthe edge thereof, and parallel to each side edge and toward the lower portion of the support at its sides are slots 5 and correspondingly slotted lates 6 iixed thereon. rThe pad B is made of leather or any other suitable material and has a slotted plate 7 fixed in its bottom, and a set screw C engages through slot 5 into said pad through the plate therein and serves to fix the pad in any desired adjustment or working position. The lower portion or half of the support is provided with a layer 10 of reinforcement, so as to cause this portion of the support to stand up with all requisite firmness, and the entire pad is covered thickly with perforations 12 to afford all the requisite ventilation. Buckles 14 are shown at the upper corners to secure a supporting belt thereto, and buttons 15 on the lower portion to engage suspensory parts, and other belts, straps or the ike can be engaged upon the buttons 16. It is obvious that slotted plates -6- may be located elsewhere than at the sides as shown, to accommodate ruptures wherever located.

What I claim is:

l. An abdominal support consisting of a leather pad adapted to cover the entire abdomen and perforated to afford ventilation, said pad having the lower half thereof overspread by a reinforcing layer 10 on the outside thereof and provided with plates 6 at an inclination across the ends of said reinforcing layer, said plates having slots lengthwise thereof, in combination with pads B on the inside of said support having transverse slots, and screws engaged through the slots in said pads and said plates 6, respectively, and fixing said pads adjustably in position on said support,

2. An abdominal support consisting of a leather pad shaped substantially as shown and having a convex upper edge and a concave lower edge and perforated over its surface to afford ventilation, and the lower half thereof provided with a perforated reinforcing layer 10 of leather extending entirely across the same, and said support provided with downwardly converging slots through both thicknesses thereof, in combination with F corres ondingly slotted plates 6 on the inside of saic support, and pads B on the inside thereof having slots in their base, and fastenings for said pads comprising screws C and l cross pieces 7 in said pads engaged by said screws through said slots.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two Witnesses.

LOUIS H. TEMME.

Witnesses:

E. M. FISHER, RLKB. MOSER. 

